Posted on 05/20/2013 3:38:53 PM PDT by Pinkbell
Democrats in the House and Senate are looking to stop what they say are deceptive advertising practices by anti-abortion health clinics that imply they offer abortion services, but instead encourage birth and promote adoption.
The legislation is aimed at crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), which are clinics often set up by a church or other anti-abortion groups. Democrats in Congress and other pro-abortion groups say these clinics are known to indicate they can perform abortions in order to attract pregnant women patients, and then try to convince them to carry their babies to term.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), the House sponsor of the Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act (H.R. 2030), said CPCs should not be allowed to deceive women who are seeking information about their pregnancy.
"Women shouldn't be deliberately misled or coerced when they seek legitimate medical services," she said when she introduced the bill last week. "While I will defend crisis centers' First Amendment rights even though I disagree with their view of abortion, those that practice bait-and-switch should be held accountable so that pregnant women are not deceived at an extremely vulnerable time in their lives."
Her bill would give the Federal Trade Commission the ability to investigate reports of misleading claims from CPCs, just as it can investigate other consumer products and services.
The bill is supported by the National Abortion Federation, whose president, Vicki Saporta, said that CPCs "have a long history of intentionally misleading women to prevent them from accessing abortion case."
Ilyse Hogue, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, added that she is "thrilled that Rep. Maloney is acting to hold these fake 'clinics' accountable."
Maloney's bill has 12 House co-sponsors, all Democrats, and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) has introduced a companion bill in the Senate.
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Thus the "they all do it" people are desperately trying to find some kind of illegality on the other side of the aisle.
They cannot prevent a Woman from doing anything they please.
This flap is to create a distraction only. Nothing illegal about talking
a woman out of murdering her baby and living with the decision the rest of their life.
Dem’s would rather enable abortionist to rip the heads off of babied born alive, than allow folks to help mothers wanting to provide a good home for their babies.
“crack down”. Translation: intimidate, usually with the IRS.
i would rather doubt they tell women tey can do abortions. every one i’ve heqrd talking about what they do haven’t said they trick people to come in.
Is she for real?
I’ll see her soon; She should be reminded of a few things.
Correct.
Now that is awful. Who do these people think they are trying to convince people not to murder their babies.
The Democrats should act. Everyone knows babies need to be slaughtered, especially black ones, and those of the poor.
That’s sarcasm folks before you burn me.
And we can pretty well guess what will happen to those taxpayers next year who have donated to crisis pregnancy centers this year.
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